List of buffer-local variables

List of buffer-local variables

[Deniz Dogan]

Is there any way (using elisp) to see a list of all variables local to
a specific buffer?

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Deniz Dogan

Re: List of buffer-local variables

[Lennart Borgman]

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Deniz Dogan <deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there any way (using elisp) to see a list of all variables local to
> a specific buffer?

(buffer-local-variables)

Re: List of buffer-local variables

[Andreas Schwab]

Deniz Dogan <deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com> writes:

> Is there any way (using elisp) to see a list of all variables local to
> a specific buffer?

M-x apropos is your friend.

buffer-local-variables is a built-in function in `C source code'.

(buffer-local-variables &optional buffer)

Return an alist of variables that are buffer-local in buffer.
Most elements look like (SYMBOL . VALUE), describing one variable.
For a symbol that is locally unbound, just the symbol appears in the value.
Note that storing new VALUEs in these elements doesn't change the variables.
No argument or nil as argument means use current buffer as buffer.

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Andreas.

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Re: List of buffer-local variables

[Christoph Conrad]

Hi Deniz,

> Is there any way (using elisp) to see a list of all variables local to
> a specific buffer?

You can use the function `buffer-local-variables' to get an alist, or
functions from "describe-buffer-local-variables.el"[¹] to see a readable
list.

Regards,
Christoph

[¹] <http://www.gnuvola.org/software/personal-elisp/dist/lisp/low-stress/describe-buffer-local-variables.el>